Michael Vick wants mercy now for himself

Ironically, Michael Vick asked for leniency from his sentencing judge, when he showed no mercy to dogs he murdered or had murdered!

He let this abuse occur over a long time and did nothing to protect these animals. Contrary to reputation, pit bulls are not born ready to be fighting dogs. They are abused and trained to become mean and nasty and eventually killers. Dogs that don't "cut it" are disposed of like trash.

I never want to see Michael Vick in an NFL uniform again. He sends the wrong message to children. I believe in second chances, but not for a 27-year-old man who should have known better. Not for people who murder and abuse animals for enjoyment.

Saying Vick was a product of his surroundings and upbringing, is like saying Jeffrey Dahmer's mother's cooking drove him. Vick denied involvement in this horrible crime until his "buddies" flipped on him and told everything. Only then did he apologize and come clean.

I was really touched that his mother and brother stood by him. They should have, they were losing their "meal ticket."

Anyone who has ever played football would have given anything to have what Mike Vick had. I'd have loved to have had the career James Mungro had, let alone Vick.

It is a privilege to play in the NFL, where only a handful of the millions of kids who play football ever make it.

Vick went to Virginia Tech, and everyone knows that, like Vanderbilt, Wake Forest and Purdue, they only recruit the finest young men with good academics.

I'm sure he got a good education. Let him get a job teaching. Maybe then he could get out the proper message to children.

After all, besides family, teachers have the most impact on children.

ARTHUR VOLPE

Stroudsburg

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